John Leppert (@johnleppert) 's Twitter Profile
John Leppert

@johnleppert

Urologist and scientist working to help patients with #kidneycancer, #prostatecancer, and #kidneystones at @stanfordurology @stanfordneph and @VAPaloAlto

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Steven Artandi, MD, PhD (@scidirector) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SCI member John Leppert & others found that overtreatment of low-risk #ProstateCancer with surgery or radiotherapy < while overtreatment of men with limited life expectancy and intermediate- or high-risk disease >, mainly with radiotherapy. bit.ly/40Pbue6

Prof. Nikolai Slavov (@slavov_n) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NIH has stopped considering new grant applications, delaying decisions about how to spend millions of dollars. The freeze occurred because the Trump administration has blocked the NIH… npr.org/sections/shots…

nature (@nature) 's Twitter Profile Photo

About a month after Donald Trump took office, almost all grant-review meetings remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health, preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.

KidneyCAN (@kidneycan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️⚠️BREAKING: We need you to know about a critical development that directly impacts #kidneycancer research funding and the #KCRP. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has scheduled a vote for this Tuesday, March 11th, on a continuing resolution extension bill that includes a

⚠️⚠️BREAKING: We need you to know about a critical development that directly impacts #kidneycancer research funding and the #KCRP.  
Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has scheduled a vote for this Tuesday, March 11th, on a continuing resolution extension bill that includes a
The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Harvard University announced a hiring freeze, citing “substantial financial uncertainties driven by rapidly shifting federal policies." It comes three days after the Trump administration pulled $400 million of federal funding from Columbia University. trib.al/VuIE5ac

Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
Michael Lin, MD PhD 🧬 (@michaelzlin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today. With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor.

Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today.

With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor.
NIDDK (@niddkgov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Due to current HHS and NIH restructuring, the information provided on niddk.nih.gov is not being updated and may not be available in the future. Please refer to nih.gov.

Max Diehn, MD/PhD (@max_diehn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to share our study describing a new liquid biopsy method called RARE-Seq for analyzing cell-free RNA (#cfRNA) that is out today in nature. 1/15 rdcu.be/eh1Nt

nature (@nature) 's Twitter Profile Photo

All new research grants have been frozen at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) — an action apparently ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). go.nature.com/4lG1vBC

The Stanford Daily (@stanforddaily) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Clinical associate professor and director of the “Pegasus Physician Writers” Jennifer Pien is drawn to the individual stories of patients. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/21/pie…

Danil Makarov (@dannymak76) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Come by Poster 85 AcademyHealth #ARM25 to discuss how an intervention to #deimplement #lowvaluecare among Veterans with #prostatecancer had different effects among various #healthcareproviders

Come by Poster 85 <a href="/AcademyHealth/">AcademyHealth</a> #ARM25 to discuss how an intervention to #deimplement #lowvaluecare among Veterans with #prostatecancer had different effects among various #healthcareproviders
JAMA Health Forum (@jamahealthforum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Veterans enrolled in high-veteran Medicare Advantage plans are more likely to have their surgical care costs shifted to the Veterans Health Administration instead of being covered by the MA plans. #ARM25 AcademyHealth ja.ma/4kOsObr

Veterans enrolled in high-veteran Medicare Advantage plans are more likely to have their surgical care costs shifted to the Veterans Health Administration instead of being covered by the MA plans. 

#ARM25 <a href="/AcademyHealth/">AcademyHealth</a> 

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